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INSIDE:
DA Support
Staff Honored
2
Major Case
Convictions
3
Judges Cut
Killers’ Terms
4
Survivors’
Support Group
5
More Case
Convictions
6-7
Message from
The DA
8
F A L L 2 0 1 1
T I M H A R R I S
T U L S A C O U N T Y
D I S T R I C T
A T T O R N E Y
Three Men Convicted, Sent to Prison For
Murder, Robbery of Family “Rock” Bud Stoddard
B ud Stoddard always
worked long hours to take
care of his family, even
while growing up as a country boy
in mid-state New York. When his
parents divorced, he began work-ing
as a farmhand at the age of 12
to help support his mother and
five siblings. One day he didn’t
come home from the farm on
time, and when his mother went
to look for him, she found him
asleep on the side of the road.
“That’s when I told him he could-n’t
work that much, he’d have to
cut back,” said Peggy Stoddard.
In 1981, most of the family moved
to Tulsa in search of oil-related
jobs, and got here just in time for
the oil bust. But Bud knew how to
work hard, and he found a job – in
fact, two of them. Twenty-nine
years later, at age 50, Bud was still
working two jobs in Tulsa. A machinist by day, he
also worked nights at a restaurant to provide for his
family. He helped raised eight children: his daughter,
three stepsons with wife Carol, and a sister’s four
children. He had nine grandchildren.
He was closing up at his second job at Rib Crib
Restaurant on May 20, 2010, when three masked
men entered through a back door to rob the place.
Stoddard was shot nine times and died.
Bud had spent his life preaching, but mostly model-ing,
the value of hard work and helping others to his
own children and many other youths in Tulsa. He
was 6 foot 2, and strong as an ox. But he was nick-named
“The Gentle Giant.” Despite his work sched-ule,
he found time to coach his kids – and others’.
He ran taxi service for practice and games, and
often paid for team members’ uniforms and fees.
Tausha Smothers is a niece, raised by Stoddard. She
married the day after his funeral, a brother walking
her down the aisle in place of the man she called
Dad. “He wasn't only a dad; he was my coach, my
mentor. He was always there when I needed him."
"His love and kindness and lessons
taught will never be forgotten by
his large ‘family,’ which included
many community youth,” she said.
“He coached everything,” said
Stoddard’s mother. “Baseball,
softball, football, wrestling, girls’
basketball. And the kids all loved
him. He always took kids on his
teams that nobody else wanted. He
taught the kids, ‘If you do your best
and you don’t win, don’t worry
about it. But don’t give up.’”
“There were a lot of kids he kept
busy and kept out of trouble. If the
kids were messin’ up, he’d call
them and say, ‘Do I have to come
over there and talk to you?’”
“Once, he told his team: ‘If you
win this game, I’ll shave my head
right here on the field. And they
won and he did it! The kids were
all screamin’ and hollerin’. And, do you know, at
his funeral, all those kids and most all the males
who came, showed up with their heads shaved just
to honor him?” his mother said. “I’m not saying
Bud was perfect. But he was the rock of our
family.”
ALL THREE GUNMEN WERE CONVICTED
In July, ISAIAH PEEVY was convicted by a jury of
FIRST-DEGREE FELONY MURDER in the shooting
death of Stoddard. The jury sentenced Peevy to
LIFE IN PRISON for the murder and 75 YEARS IN
PRISON for convictions on 5 counts of ROBBERY
WITH FIREARMS, one count of ATTEMPTED
ROBBERY and one count of SECOND-DEGREE
BURGLARY. DEONTE MARSHALL pled no contest
to the MURDER/ROBBERY and was sentenced to
LIFE plus15 YEARS IN PRISON. The sentence
runs consecutively with a 15-year prison term
imposed previously for another robbery. D'AN-DRE
FINNIE pled guilty in October to SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER and four other felonies and was
sentenced to 35 YEARS IN PRISON. Finnie testi-fied
at Peevy's trial as a prosecution witness.
Assistant District Attorney Julie Doss prosecuted.
In Pursuit of Justice
V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 3
Howard “Bud” Stoddard, 50,
was shot nine times and
murdered during a May 2010
robbery at a Tulsa restaurant.
􀁄􄐠
Justice
cannot be
for one side
alone,
but must be
for both.
- Eleanor
Roosevelt

INSIDE:
DA Support
Staff Honored
2
Major Case
Convictions
3
Judges Cut
Killers’ Terms
4
Survivors’
Support Group
5
More Case
Convictions
6-7
Message from
The DA
8
F A L L 2 0 1 1
T I M H A R R I S
T U L S A C O U N T Y
D I S T R I C T
A T T O R N E Y
Three Men Convicted, Sent to Prison For
Murder, Robbery of Family “Rock” Bud Stoddard
B ud Stoddard always
worked long hours to take
care of his family, even
while growing up as a country boy
in mid-state New York. When his
parents divorced, he began work-ing
as a farmhand at the age of 12
to help support his mother and
five siblings. One day he didn’t
come home from the farm on
time, and when his mother went
to look for him, she found him
asleep on the side of the road.
“That’s when I told him he could-n’t
work that much, he’d have to
cut back,” said Peggy Stoddard.
In 1981, most of the family moved
to Tulsa in search of oil-related
jobs, and got here just in time for
the oil bust. But Bud knew how to
work hard, and he found a job – in
fact, two of them. Twenty-nine
years later, at age 50, Bud was still
working two jobs in Tulsa. A machinist by day, he
also worked nights at a restaurant to provide for his
family. He helped raised eight children: his daughter,
three stepsons with wife Carol, and a sister’s four
children. He had nine grandchildren.
He was closing up at his second job at Rib Crib
Restaurant on May 20, 2010, when three masked
men entered through a back door to rob the place.
Stoddard was shot nine times and died.
Bud had spent his life preaching, but mostly model-ing,
the value of hard work and helping others to his
own children and many other youths in Tulsa. He
was 6 foot 2, and strong as an ox. But he was nick-named
“The Gentle Giant.” Despite his work sched-ule,
he found time to coach his kids – and others’.
He ran taxi service for practice and games, and
often paid for team members’ uniforms and fees.
Tausha Smothers is a niece, raised by Stoddard. She
married the day after his funeral, a brother walking
her down the aisle in place of the man she called
Dad. “He wasn't only a dad; he was my coach, my
mentor. He was always there when I needed him."
"His love and kindness and lessons
taught will never be forgotten by
his large ‘family,’ which included
many community youth,” she said.
“He coached everything,” said
Stoddard’s mother. “Baseball,
softball, football, wrestling, girls’
basketball. And the kids all loved
him. He always took kids on his
teams that nobody else wanted. He
taught the kids, ‘If you do your best
and you don’t win, don’t worry
about it. But don’t give up.’”
“There were a lot of kids he kept
busy and kept out of trouble. If the
kids were messin’ up, he’d call
them and say, ‘Do I have to come
over there and talk to you?’”
“Once, he told his team: ‘If you
win this game, I’ll shave my head
right here on the field. And they
won and he did it! The kids were
all screamin’ and hollerin’. And, do you know, at
his funeral, all those kids and most all the males
who came, showed up with their heads shaved just
to honor him?” his mother said. “I’m not saying
Bud was perfect. But he was the rock of our
family.”
ALL THREE GUNMEN WERE CONVICTED
In July, ISAIAH PEEVY was convicted by a jury of
FIRST-DEGREE FELONY MURDER in the shooting
death of Stoddard. The jury sentenced Peevy to
LIFE IN PRISON for the murder and 75 YEARS IN
PRISON for convictions on 5 counts of ROBBERY
WITH FIREARMS, one count of ATTEMPTED
ROBBERY and one count of SECOND-DEGREE
BURGLARY. DEONTE MARSHALL pled no contest
to the MURDER/ROBBERY and was sentenced to
LIFE plus15 YEARS IN PRISON. The sentence
runs consecutively with a 15-year prison term
imposed previously for another robbery. D'AN-DRE
FINNIE pled guilty in October to SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER and four other felonies and was
sentenced to 35 YEARS IN PRISON. Finnie testi-fied
at Peevy's trial as a prosecution witness.
Assistant District Attorney Julie Doss prosecuted.
In Pursuit of Justice
V O L U M E 4 , I S S U E 3
Howard “Bud” Stoddard, 50,
was shot nine times and
murdered during a May 2010
robbery at a Tulsa restaurant.
􀁄􄐠
Justice
cannot be
for one side
alone,
but must be
for both.
- Eleanor
Roosevelt